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A NEW PATENTED POPCORN BOX, knOWn aS<br />
the Push 'N" Fill, has been announced by<br />
Droll Theatre Supply Co. in Chicago. The<br />
box pops open when the sides are pressed<br />
and the bottom is automatically formed<br />
and locked.<br />
According to the manufacturer, one person<br />
can now prepare more boxes than 2fl<br />
persons working with the conventional<br />
hand lock box.<br />
R. M. Westbrook, president of Popcorn<br />
Equipment Co.. Santa Monica, Calif., recently<br />
announced the formation of a subsidiary,<br />
Westbrook Food Co., to take over<br />
the prepopped corn business formerly handled<br />
by the parent company.<br />
John Mershon was appointed head sales<br />
and advertising man for the new firm. The<br />
product, trademarked Westbrook 's Homestyle<br />
Popcorn, will also be marketed<br />
through retail outlets.<br />
Typhoon Zone Control air conditioning<br />
equipment has been added to the line of<br />
products distributed by the RCA theatre<br />
equipment section through independent<br />
RCA theatre supply dealers, it was announced<br />
recently by J. F. O'Brien, sales<br />
manager of the section. The units range<br />
from 1 1 2 to 20 tons.<br />
«""' PRODUCT<br />
Edward R. Blanchard, employed with<br />
Ideal Seating Co. since 1941, except for the<br />
f. R. Blanchard<br />
lapse of four years in<br />
the armed services<br />
during the war, was<br />
recently appointed<br />
sales manager for the<br />
firm.<br />
Edwards was connected<br />
with the<br />
American Seating Co.<br />
for 16 years before<br />
coming to Ideal. He<br />
lives in Grand Rapids,<br />
Mich., where he resides<br />
with his wife and two children.<br />
The appointment of Harry E. Lewis to<br />
the position of assistant controller was announced<br />
by Worthington Pump and Machinery<br />
Corp. recently. Lewis succeeds<br />
J. A. Schallenberg who died in December.<br />
Lewis joined the firm in 1924 and served<br />
in various capacities in the controller's<br />
office until 1942 when he was appointed<br />
works controller of the Wellsville works.<br />
In 1948 he was promoted to works controller<br />
at Holyoke, a position he held until<br />
his recent transfer to assist Schallenberg<br />
during the latter's illness.<br />
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